After the war, it was used as a communications center by the Army supporting the Military District of Washington and by the Air Force in support of the nearby Raven Rock Mountain Complex Alternate National Military Command Center (ANMCC).

[3] As of April 2021, the Washington County Board of Commissioners negotiated a sale to private investor John Krumpotich.

As of July, 2021, Krumpotich is actively working on the rehabilitation of the existing buildings on the former post, and have found great success in restoring former military housing.

The geography of Ritchie, and more broadly Cascade, Maryland played an extensive role in the settlement of the area.

The elevation of nearly 1,400 ft in a "high valley" surrounded by elevations surpassing 2,000 ft at Fort Ritchie allowed for the Buena Vista Ice Company to successfully create and sell naturally cut ice to larger cities such as Baltimore and Washington, D.C. in the late 1800s until 1903.

It was the original infrastructure of Buena Vista which ultimately influenced the Maryland National Guard to approve the site for its use.

As a result of this elevation, Cascade Elementary students have their own inclement weather zone which allows for either a delay, early dismissal, or day off of school depending upon the severity of winter weather whereas other Washington County Public School students may not have delays or cancellations.